Ballot Shortage in New Hampshire

Ballot Shortage in New Hampshire

8 January 2008 · No Comments

In my office, we talk about the 5 P’s: “Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance”.

This post at Washington Wire has me wondering if someone in New Hampshire failed to practice the 5 P’s:

The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office is shipping additional ballots out across the state today as some towns raise concerns that they could run out of ballots. The ballot shortage appears to be disproportionately on the Democratic side, indicating that the state’s Independent voters, who make up 44% of registered voters, are breaking to the Democrats.

“The Democratic ballot seems to be the ballot of choice,” said Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan in an interview early this afternoon. As a precaution, the office has already shipped additional ballots today to Portsmouth, Hampton Falls, and additional sea coast towns. Scanlan said ballots were also being shipped to the towns of Hudson, Pelham, and Keene, and additional ballots were shipped to Hanover on Monday. Scanlan said there are no concerns that anyone would be denied a ballot. “We do have processes to deal with it,” he said. “At this point no one has run out of ballots.”

So, ya think turnout might be a little high today in New Hampshire?

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